Isaiah
Chapter 40
Verse 18
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Isaiah 40

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18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Isaiah 40:18. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 42
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וְאֶל־מִ֖י תְּדַמְּי֣וּן אֵ֑ל וּמַה־דְּמ֖וּת תַּ֥עַרְכוּ לֽוֹ׃

8 word entries
וְאֶל
Lemma
c/413
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
345
מִ֖י
Lemma
4310
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4310
Occurrences
333
תְּדַמְּי֣וּן
Lemma
1819
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 2rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1819
Occurrences
27
אֵ֑ל
Lemma
410
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H410
Occurrences
180
וּמַה
Lemma
c/4100
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
80
דְּמ֖וּת
Lemma
1823
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1823
Occurrences
13
תַּ֥עַרְכוּ
Lemma
6186 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6186
Occurrences
35
לֽוֹ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Τίνι ὡμοιώσατε Κύριον; καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώματι ὡμοιώσατε αὐτόν;

8 word entries
Τίνι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
ὡμοιώσατε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
omoiosate
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
Κύριον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
τίνι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
ὁμοιώματι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
omoiomati
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ὡμοιώσατε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
omoiosate
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
αὐτόν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܠܡ̇ܢ ܕܡܝܬܘܢܝܗܝ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܐܝܕܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ ܕܡܝܬܘܢܝܗܝ

6 word entries
ܠܡ̇ܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܡܢ
Transliteration
lmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
57
ܕܡܝܬܘܢܝܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmytwnyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܠܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
l'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
178
ܘܠܐܝܕܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wl'yd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܡܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
46
ܕܡܝܬܘܢܝܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmytwnyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וּלְמַן אַתּוּן מְדַמִין קֳדָם אֵל וּמַה דְמוּת אַתּוּן מְסַדְרִין קֳדָמוֹהִי׃

10 word entries
וּלְמַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למן
Transliteration
wlmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
40
אַתּוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'twn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
317
מְדַמִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mdmyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
19
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
אֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אל
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
80
וּמַה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ומה
Transliteration
wmh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
82
דְמוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מות
Transliteration
dmwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
20
אַתּוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'twn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
317
מְסַדְרִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
msdryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
12
קֳדָמוֹהִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qdmwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
214
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

[Cui ergo similem fecisti Deum? aut quam imaginem ponetis ei?

10 word entries
cui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
cui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
similem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
similis
Transliteration
similem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
199
fecistis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecistis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
Deum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
aut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aut
Transliteration
aut
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
509
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
imaginem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
imago
Transliteration
imaginem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
51
ponetis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pono
Transliteration
ponetis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
894
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Isaiah 46:5

“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?

21 relevance votes

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

18 relevance votes

Isaiah 40:25

“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

17 relevance votes

Exodus 15:11

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

16 relevance votes

Acts 17:29

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

15 relevance votes

Jeremiah 10:6

There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.

13 relevance votes

Psalms 89:6

For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

13 relevance votes

Exodus 8:10

Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.

12 relevance votes

Job 40:9

Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

12 relevance votes

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

12 relevance votes

Psalms 89:8

Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

11 relevance votes

Exodus 9:14

For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

11 relevance votes
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